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Lot 622 Dα

A terracotta group with Cupid and the Three Graces

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €

A terracotta group with Cupid and the Three Graces

Depicting three female nudes supporting a figure of Cupid as a youth holding a burning torch. Incised with double-L mark, "18" and "M". Minor chips, Cupid's sceptre lacking. H 63 cm.
Paris, Maison Samson, ca. 1927, after François Boucher.

Provenance

Auctioned by Aguttes Neuilly, 20th September 2016, attributed to Clodion.

Literature

A similar example in: Slitine, Paris 2002, p. 49.